Post by thread:[TECH] Seeking advice regarding video conferencin

A club I belong to wants to invite a speaker to come to Denver. The costs would be an airplane ticket , hotel and food. One alternative I was considering was video-conferencing. Ideally the speaker would be at one end and a bunch of Linux geeks on the other end. It would be great to hold it somewhere where food and drinks were served ( for both the geeks and the presenter ). Maybe we could arrange for several presenters from several locations. Is there an app or a service that would make this possible ? Thanks 99guspuppe

Which of the commonly used apps and services have you investigated or tried already? On Tue, 17 May 2011 12:02 -0600, "YES NOPE9" <spam_OUTyesTakeThisOuTnope9.com> wrote: {Quote hidden}> A club I belong to wants to invite a speaker to come to Denver. > The costs would be an airplane ticket , hotel and food. > One alternative I was considering was video-conferencing. > Ideally the speaker would be at one end and a bunch of Linux geeks on the > other end. It would be great to hold it somewhere where food and drinks > were served ( for both the geeks and the presenter ). Maybe we could > arrange for several presenters from several locations. > > Is there an app or a service that would make this possible ? -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service

On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 12:02 -0600, YES NOPE9 wrote: > A club I belong to wants to invite a speaker to come to Denver. > The costs would be an airplane ticket , hotel and food. > One alternative I was considering was video-conferencing. > Ideally the speaker would be at one end and a bunch of Linux geeks on the other end. It would be great to hold it somewhere where food and drinks were served ( for both the geeks and the presenter ). Maybe we could arrange for several presenters from several locations. > > Is there an app or a service that would make this possible ? Literally hundreds I'm sure. Skype is a clear option and great option. Most IM clients support video chat. Facetime if the person has an iPad/iPhone/iWhatever TTYL

I am looking at BigBlueButton...... That's all at present. 99guspuppet > > > On May 17, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Bob Blick wrote: > > Which of the commonly used apps and services have you investigated or > tried already? > > On Tue, 17 May 2011 12:02 -0600, "YES NOPE9" <.....yesKILLspam@spam@nope9.com> wrote: >> A club I belong to wants to invite a speaker to come to Denver. >> The costs would be an airplane ticket , hotel and food. >> One alternative I was considering was video-conferencing. >> Ideally the speaker would be at one end and a bunch of Linux geeks on the >> other end. It would be great to hold it somewhere where food and drinks >> were served ( for both the geeks and the presenter ). Maybe we could >> arrange for several presenters from several locations. >> >> Is there an app or a service that would make this possible ?